The Board granted a higher initial disability rating of 70 percent for the other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with depressive disorder, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran. The Board also granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence more nearly approximates occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas, but not total occupational and social impairment, for the psychiatric disability. For TDIU, the Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation.
- Claimed conditions
- other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- October 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25090640
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